paper

Affine Kac-Moody Lie algebras as torsors over the punctured line

arXiv:math/0203277

Abstract

We interpret and develop a theory of loop algebras as torsors (principal homogeneous spaces) over Laurent polynomial rings . As an application, we recover Kac's realization of affine Kac-Moody Lie algebras.

8 pages Corrected some typos and changed some notation. Minor generalization of one result